Guide – 2000-2018 Craft

Craft Badge

NOTE: You should have made only one of the items at school. For every further four items completed you may have another Craft Badge.

Complete four of the following clauses:

1. Make a decorative ornament using paper or card, e.g. origami, mosaics.
2. Use one of the following techniques to decorate paper: calligraphy, rubber-stamping, quilling, stencilling, or marbling.
3. Make a picture or design, decorate an item or produce a three-dimensional piece of work using any of the following techniques: Embroidery (by hand or machine), Tapestry, Patchwork, Quilting, Beading, Lace-making.
4. Using weaving skills to produce a functional article such as a mat, friendship bracelet, small bag or a wall hanging.
5. Using an appropriate medium, e.g. wood, clay, etc., carve or sculpt a figure, pot or group of animals. The work may be decorated and glazed or fired if appropriate.
6. Make three prints, either decorative or pictorial, using any of the following techniques: Potato print, Lino print, Polystyrene prints, String prints, Etching, Screen printing, or a combination of these methods.
7. Produce a print for decorating clothing or soft furnishing using one or more of the following methods: Block printing, Screen printing, Tie-dyeing, Painting.
8. Decorate a medium other than paper, such as glass, silk, fabric or ceramic, using an appropriate technique.
9. Engrave a picture on a glass object or panel.
10. Make and decorate an object from salt dough.
11. Make a corn dolly, flower arrangement, or an item showing a craft that is traditional to your area (e.g. Dorset Buttons).
12. Make and decorate a candle.
13. Make an article using another craft.